Jc penny photo glamour4/30/2023 ![]() ![]() And the whole lawsuit thing? Completely overblown. The thing is, even though it's a pretty flimsy concept, it's the kind of hook that can get galleries and art writers to take notice, even if the art itself is mostly unsuccessful. ![]() I actually agree with Sys Rq that it sounds like the artist basically just tried to do something artsy with her job at Lifetouch. ![]() These portraits are unremarkable as either well-made portraits or objects of humor and awkwardness. Unfortunately, looking at the few photos presented here, I just think she fails at this goal. I think she's trying to subvert the department store portrait by staging her subjects in slightly awkward poses that diminish the idea of a nice-looking picture of someone, as well as playing up the kitsch of the studio and posing. It is kind of interesting to present these functional, documentary photographs as art, and ask what artistic qualities they might have, but that's not exactly what she's examining. These portraits exist in a societal context, so this question has socio-political and even anthropological implications. That sentence isnt just meaningless babble. So what does the stylistic content of these portraits say about how we want to see ourselves? That's what the sentence "The studio-portrait experience has a structured set of parameters that form a stylistic equation" is alluding to. ![]() What I think is a more interesting idea, though definitely not an original one, is this: we get these type of non-art portraits taken as a way of documenting ourselves the way we want to see ourselves. If I had to summarize the point of this concept, I'd say it's this: what exists in the space between photo-as-document, and photo-as-art? How does the art photographer fit into the economy, and perhaps even, how does the artist balance the demands of economics and artistic expression? I think the writer ended up talking about a lot of things that are tangentially related to the concept in an attempt to obscure the fact that there just isn't much to this concept. There is a thesis here, but it's rather basic. That said, I think the writing here is quite unfocused. It's how we talk about science, or in this case, art, in a high-level way. Faulting art writing for effusive language is like faulting science writing for being overly technical or using too much technical language. When artists and art theorists talk about art, their language definitely sounds pretentious, but that doesn't mean their writing is devoid of content. Posted by mysterpigg at 1:11 PM on April 25, 2012 And the result didn't even seem all that interesting. It seems that the reason is so she could say she went through all that trouble for "art". Given that everything appears to be orchestrated for "art", why did she need to do everything undercover at JC Penny, again? I mean, what did she do that couldn't have been done in her own studio on her own time using the "Pose Recommendations" sheet as a guide? Everyone involved was an actor in her play. Still, yeah, I'd like to see a few more of the pieces, it looks like all she did was do a bunch of repetitively tiled flips and flops of the shots from the few on display. She says the portraits she used were of willing models, using studio time she paid for. Seriously, what's the thesis of this so-called art? I still am not sure.Īnything after that: Well, the pictures are sort of interesting, I suppose. Next few paragraphs: Skimming at this point. Don't be afraid of color or showing it off.I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't make it through that writing.įirst couple paragraphs: Reading thoroughly. She tells us, "The Body at JCPenney is certainly more accessibly priced than the main Elle Macpherson Intimates line, but it's less about value and more about a state of mind and how The Body makes you feel when you wear it." When asked for advice on how women can better relate to lingerie, Elle offered this: "Treat intimates like an accessory. Macpherson, who has been designing lingerie for more than 25 years, recently spoke to us about the line, saying, "Elle Macpherson Intimates had a strong reputation as a luxury intimates brand, and we wanted to bring that same core proposition-fit and detail-to a larger female audience." While fans of Elle Macpherson Intimates may not necessarily overlap with the JCPenney customer, the designer sees all women as sharing a similar mind-set and approaches design in the same way for both lines. Lucky for us, Elle Macpherson has challenged that notion with her launch of The Body, a new lingerie line that features four bra styles and coordinating bottoms, for JCPenney. Affordable and well-designed lingerie can often be hard to come by. ![]()
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